Ketch Gas Field

Summary Information

• Operator: DNO
• Country: UK
• Location: southern North Sea
• Production start: 1999
• Partners:
• Type: Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

+++ Description

• The development utilises a single small steel unmanned platform
• Gas is transported to the Theddlethorpe Gas Processing Plant via the Caister-Murdoch System (“CMS”) infrastructure

+++ Contractors

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+++ History

• 1997 - Project development approved by UK Government
• 1999 - First gas produced
• 2005 - Tullow acquired 100% stake in the field
• 2006 - The Ketch-7 well brought into production
• 2014 - Faroe acquired a 60% stake
• 2019 - DNO acquired Faroe and became a partner

+++ Geology

+++ Links

1. List Of Oil and Gas Production Platforms In The UK
2. UK Government Approves Development of Two Exxon/Shell North Sea Gas Fields
3. Tullow Completes Schooner and Ketch Transaction
4. Tullow to Acquire Shell and ExxonMobil Interests in Schooner and Ketch Fields and Associated Acreage
5. Schooner and Ketch Redevelopment Update
6. Sale of UK gas assets
7. Tullow Oil completes partial sale of UK Schooner and Ketch gas assets
8. DNO to make cash offer for all shares of Faroe Petroleum plc